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If you’ve been following the news this week, it might look like we’re losing the fight against the kind of fraud you remember from Nick Shirley’s visit to that government-funded Quality Learing Center. In Minnesota, two remarkable sentences delivered by the same federal judge in the “Feeding the Future” scandal make stealing from the government appear to be a fairly safe business plan for aspiring criminals.

First, convicted thief Abdul Abubakar Ali has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison after participating in the theft of millions of dollars in government funds. Second, convicted thief Zamzam Jama has been sentenced to a grand total of six months in prison for participating in the theft of “$4.3 million in fraudulent child nutrition program funds,” though news stories note that Jama was only responsible for “for $491,245 of the stolen funds.” So she’ll do about a month for every $82,000 she stole, not counting time off for good behavior.

The reactions are understandable: “A slap on the wrist is exactly what encourages fraud.” You’ll find that “slap on the wrist” language in more than one place.

But it’s mostly not that bad. This week’s lame sentences, disappointing as they are, are shaping up to be outliers, and Ali’s was at least partially explained by his........

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